It has been a burning question of mine:
TO AMAZON
OR
NOT TO AMAZON?
The word "Ebook" is used pretty loosely nowadays, if you make a .pdf, is it an Ebook?
Well kind of, BUT.... you cannot upload .pdf's and publish them on Amazon.
It must be a .mobi or an EPUB for that.
So if you wanna be a stickler only a .mobi or .epub file is a "real" Ebook.
BUT WHO THE F+++ CARES IF YOU CAN MAKE MORE MONEY PUBLISHING BOOKS ON YOUR OWN WEBSITE!?
Gumroad has an excellent case study that I just had to share with you right now:
https://gumroad.com/resource-center/discover-meteor-case-study
I think the most profound part is the launch sequence slide -NOTICE- they have customers BEFORE they write the book!
Remember(?) that's called product validation - going from a push system to a pull system.
I have also made a handy dandy graphic for you new authors out there who can't decide if they want/need to make a simple .pdf for their website or if they want to go the more "author" way by making "real" ebooks on Amazon.
The RED triangles are "must", these are the only "go, no-go" gates, otherwise there is a lot of leeway.
p.s.On my site I will be interviewing a star author who does the exact same thing -he makes more money with the ebook on his own site, NOT on amazon, the interview is going live in 1 or 2 days - stay tuned to www.zbooks.co !

TO AMAZON
OR
NOT TO AMAZON?
The word "Ebook" is used pretty loosely nowadays, if you make a .pdf, is it an Ebook?
Well kind of, BUT.... you cannot upload .pdf's and publish them on Amazon.
It must be a .mobi or an EPUB for that.
So if you wanna be a stickler only a .mobi or .epub file is a "real" Ebook.
BUT WHO THE F+++ CARES IF YOU CAN MAKE MORE MONEY PUBLISHING BOOKS ON YOUR OWN WEBSITE!?
Gumroad has an excellent case study that I just had to share with you right now:
https://gumroad.com/resource-center/discover-meteor-case-study
I think the most profound part is the launch sequence slide -NOTICE- they have customers BEFORE they write the book!
Remember(?) that's called product validation - going from a push system to a pull system.
I have also made a handy dandy graphic for you new authors out there who can't decide if they want/need to make a simple .pdf for their website or if they want to go the more "author" way by making "real" ebooks on Amazon.
The RED triangles are "must", these are the only "go, no-go" gates, otherwise there is a lot of leeway.
p.s.On my site I will be interviewing a star author who does the exact same thing -he makes more money with the ebook on his own site, NOT on amazon, the interview is going live in 1 or 2 days - stay tuned to www.zbooks.co !

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